Editing Soweto (section)

===Further popular resistance: incorporation into the City===
In Soweto, popular resistance to apartheid emerged in various forms during the 1980s. Educational and economic boycotts were initiated, and student bodies were organized. Street committees were formed, and civic organizations were established as alternatives to state-imposed structures. One of the most well-known "civics" was Soweto's [[Soweto Civic Association|Committee of Ten]], started in 1978 in the offices of ''[[The Bantu World]]'' newspaper. Such actions were strengthened by the call issued by [[African National Congress]]'s 1985 Kabwe congress in [[Zambia]] to [[make South Africa ungovernable]]. As the state forbade public gatherings, church buildings like Regina Mundi were sometimes used for political gatherings.

In 1995, Soweto became part of the Southern Metropolitan Transitional Local Council,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cartwright|first1=Anton|last2=Marrengane|first2=Ntombini|date=2016|title=Urban Governance and Turning African Cities Around: City of Johannesburg.|url=http://www.pasgr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Urban-Governance-and-Turning-African-Cities-Around_City-of-Johannesburg.pdf|journal=Partnership for African Social and Governance Research|volume=Working Paper No. 017|pages=6}}</ref> and in 2002, was incorporated into the City of Johannesburg.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=de Kadt|first1=Julia|last2=van Heerden|first2=Alastair|last3=Richter|first3=Linda|last4=Alvanides|first4=Seraphim|date=2019|title=Correlates of children's travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto—Evidence from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) study, South Africa|journal=International Journal of Educational Development|volume=68|pages=59|doi=10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.04.007|s2cid=181419510|doi-access=free}}</ref> A [[2002 Soweto bombings|series of bombings]] occurred in 2002. The [[right-wing]] [[extremist]] group, [[Boeremag]] claimed responsibility for the attacks<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schönteich |first=Martin |date=Third Quarter 2003 |title=THE WHITE RIGHT |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC47660 |access-date=16 December 2024 |website=journals.co.za}}</ref> that damaged buildings, [[railway line]]s, and killed one person.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-29 |title=White Supremacists Claim Responsibility for Bombing in South Africa - 2002-11-11 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2002-11-11-21-white-67252892/379101.html |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, 15 people [[2022 Soweto shooting|were killed]] in a [[mass shooting]] at a bar.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thom |first1=Liezl |last2=Winsor |first2=Morgan |title=At least 21 killed in spate of shootings at South African bars, police say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/14-dead-injured-south-africa-tavern-shooting/story?id=86547921 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=abcnews.go.com/ |publisher=ABC News}}</ref>